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Thank you all for your kind support. I will take your suggestions and seek some expert advice.

Thanks so much for your replies, it means a lot to me! I am sorry for the lack of details. we are pretty sure it's metastases from gastric cancer that he had before, how does it make a difference? My dad is too weak to do chemo. because his surgery (through which he lost 3/4 of stomach), he eats small meals and don't have enough nutrition I believe. he's not in a hospital yet (the thinking is that once he's admited to the hostpital, he will not be able to leave again). treatment options are very limited indeed (in my mind, nothing of really hope), the doctors I have talked to in China gave no hope, it is indeed a very desparate situation! I went back to China for 3 weeks after the diagnosis, and cannot handle it watching my dad. I must be a very weak person, but the hopelessness and helplessness saddens me everyday like lead weighs on my body. He is in Jinhua, a mid size city 4 hours from Shanghai. Next week, we will have him try Iressa, which I managed to get from Taiwan, but I don't really believe it because of the new report of its lack of efficacy. however, this is the only thing left on the table if i cannot find a souce of Tarceva.

My dad had a surgery for his gastric cancer two years ago, and went through multiple chemo after that. he was suffering but doing OK, until about 2 months ago when CT scan revealed cloud all over his lungs and it was clearly very late stage lung cancer. The doctor gave us 3-4 months. He has been trying many things over the last two months, but I can clearly see that he's weakening and fading away, coughing and shortness of breath, etc. I really want to have him try Tarceva, but the problem is that he's now in China and is too weak to travel. Tarceva is not available in China. Can someone help? maybe leftover Tarceva from your relatives? I am in San Jose, CA, although we don't have a lot of money, but I am willing to do whatever I can for my dad. Any help or suggestion is highly appreciated. We are running out of time....